Growth · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Filter web content according to any criteria launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1AF
   Automatically filter and organize content▲5

   2013 · backstit.ch · its alternatives →

2. 2AF
   API for crawling and filtering content▲5

   2015 · docs.backstit.ch · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Referer▲79

   Target website content based on referrer url

   2014 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Filter Everything Online▲70

   Hide spoilers, profanity, politics, distractions by keywords

   Nov 2025 · filter-everything-online.com · its alternatives →

5. 5FQ
   Find Quality Written Content from Across the Web▲9

   2018 · readory.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   YouFilter▲67

   Free chrome extension to filter YouTube search results

   2021 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Pressly▲68

   Curate your content from across the web.

   2014 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Cache▲77

   Collect Everything

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Type Sample▲105

   A tool for identifying and sampling webfonts

   2014 · typewolf.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    TL;DR-ify▲91

    A URL shortener for text selections (Chrome extension)

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    A Chrome Extension to filter out different files in GitHub's diff▲7

    2014 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

12. 12CD
    Curate - discover and create content via collections of links▲5

    2013 · curate.im · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Chrome extension that hides Medium.com articles on HN and DN▲22

    2014 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Preamble Content Compass▲6

    AI-based content filtering

    2022 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Sonar▲14

    A linting tool for the web

    2017 · its alternatives →

16. 16PA
    Page and crawler that show flagged HN submissions only▲5

    2021 · mosermichael.github.io · its alternatives →

17. 17OE
    Optimize existing websites automatically with just a click▲7

    2014 · snapmobl.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Chrome Extension for auto-grouping tabs by URL patterns▲8

    2021 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

19. 19JI
    Jekyll + indextank = static websites with fulltext search▲6

    2011 · pwiddershoven.nl · its alternatives →

20. 20CB
    Content Blocks Web Components Design System▲8

    2022 · contentblocksjs.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Great Filter▲6

    Hi! As a side-project this summer (partly to have an excuse to try out Claude Code ;D), I built a Chrome extension that hides content that doesn't match user preferences. Example usage: https://youtu.be/japjNSU3O7A The content + preferences are sent to an LLM, which decides if the content is relevant. You can use your own OpenRouter API key, but there's also a 'free tier' which uses my key (there's a daily quota with this option, though). The extension now also supports including images and video thumbnails in the filtering, although this is only available when using your own…

    2025 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Filter out amazon search results that don't ship to where you live▲5

    2016 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Keep tracking any web contents with a click▲5

    2016 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Extension to not see Google results as ads▲7

    2020 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

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